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SB1915 Enrolled                      LRB093 08765 RCE 08996 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
 5    Section 21-9 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/21-9 new)
 7        Sec.  21-9.  Criminal  trespass  to  a  place  of  public
 8    amusement.
 9        (a)  A person commits the offense of criminal trespass to
10    a place of public  amusement  if  he  or  she  knowingly  and
11    without  lawful authority enters or remains on any portion of
12    a place of public amusement after having received notice that
13    the general public is restricted from access to that  portion
14    of the place of public amusement. Such areas may include, but
15    are  not  limited to: a playing field, an athletic surface, a
16    stage, a locker room, or a dressing room located at the place
17    of public amusement.
18        (b)  A property owner, a lessee, an agent of  either  the
19    owner  or  lessee,  or  a  performer  or  participant may use
20    reasonable force to restrain a trespasser and remove  him  or
21    her  from  the  restricted  area;  however,  any use of force
22    beyond reasonable  force  may  subject  that  person  to  any
23    applicable criminal penalty.
24        (c)  A  person  has received notice within the meaning of
25    subsection (a) if he or she  has  been  notified  personally,
26    either  orally  or  in  writing,  or  if a printed or written
27    notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously posted or
28    exhibited at the entrance to the  portion  of  the  place  of
29    public  amusement  that  is restricted or an oral warning has
30    been broadcast over the public address system of the place of
31    public amusement.
 
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 1        (d)  In this Section, "place of public amusement" means a
 2    stadium, a theater,  or  any  other  facility  of  any  kind,
 3    whether licensed or not, where a live performance, a sporting
 4    event,   or   any   other  activity  takes  place  for  other
 5    entertainment and  where  access  to  the  facility  is  made
 6    available  to  the public, regardless of whether admission is
 7    charged.
 8        (e)  Sentence. Criminal trespass to  a  place  of  public
 9    amusement  is  a  Class  4  felony.  Upon  imposition  of any
10    sentence, the court shall also impose a fine of not less than
11    $1,000. In addition, any order of  probation  or  conditional
12    discharge  entered  following  a  conviction  shall include a
13    condition that  the  offender  perform  public  or  community
14    service  of  not less than 30 and not more than 120 hours, if
15    community service is available in  the  jurisdiction  and  is
16    funded  and  approved by the county board of the county where
17    the offender was convicted. The court  may  also  impose  any
18    other  condition  of probation or conditional discharge under
19    this Section.